Royal Norwegian Air Force

330 skvadron

330 squadron

Established 1941

History C/N Tracking

Created in Apr 1941 as 330 (Norwegian) Squadron of the Royal Air Force, it was handed over when the RNoAF was reformed after World War II and retained its original RAF unit number. It was reformed with Sea Kings in 1973 and maintains 4 Flights of Sea King Mk43 in the SAR role and a number of single aircraft detatchments. Between 1995 and 1998 a machine was stationed at Vigra (ENAL), near Ålesund. By Dec 2003, A Flt was based at Bodø (ENBO), B Flt at Banak (ENNA), C Flt at Ørland (ENOL, since Aug 1973) and D Flt at Stavangar-Sola (ENZV).

News

Heli-One Renews Maintenance Contract for Norwegian AW101s

Dec 15, 2025 · CHC MRO provider Heli-One has renewed its support contract through 2030 at its Stavanger, Norway facility for the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s fleet of 16 Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen search-and-rescue helicopters.
SAR Queen Activated at Ørland Base

May 17, 2021 · The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF, Luftforsvaret) new search and rescue (SAR) helicopter, the Leonardo AW101-612, which entered service last year at Sola Airport is now also operating from Ørland. Last base, Bannak, planned for end of the year
SAR Queen Operational in Norway

Nov 16, 2020 · Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) first 6 of 16 AW101 search and rescue (SAR) helicopters are operational at Stavanger since September. Known as SAR Queen flight, they logged 80 flight hours in their first month of service. Orland and Banak base

Locations

1973-	ENOL OLA	Ørland AB
1973-	ENNA LKL	Lakselv Banak lufthavn
1973-	ENBO BOO	Bodø
1973-	ENZV SVG	Sola
1995-1998	ENAS	Ny-Ålesund Lufthavn
1999-	ENRY RYG	Moss Airport Rygge
2009-	ENFL FRO	Florø

Models

1972-2023	Westland Sea King
2020-	AgustaWestland AW101 SAR Queen

Operations

04 Oct 19941994	06 Oct 19941994	SAR meet 1994
23 Mar 20192019	25 Mar 20192019	Viking Sky Airlift Evacuation
27 Sep 20212021	01 Oct 20212021	Galileo Search and Rescue Meet 2021

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